Listen to Smedley Butler
This is excerpted and adapted from Swanson’s new book, War Is Still A Racket. #WorldBEYONDWar
This is excerpted and adapted from Swanson’s new book, War Is Still A Racket. #WorldBEYONDWar
A coalition of veterans groups gathered in the nation’s capitol on Monday to express their deep opposition to the U.S. war on Iran. #WorldBEYONDWar
On April 16, teachers, parents, students and allies protested in and outside of the Annual General Meeting for the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP), demanding the plan end investments in weapons companies and support for the new DSRB war bank. #WorldBEYONDWar
The US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in June 2025 and again before launching the current war in February. Now it is trying to do so for a third time. #WorldBEYONDWar
The Canadian Peace Museum has launched its web archive, preserving two peace-related websites. #WorldBEYONDWar
Perhaps the “peace president” has created a starting point . . . for transcending war. #WorldBEYONDWar
In the United States in 2000 the number of young people held inside locked buildings was 108,800 and in 2022 it was 27,600. At least two-thirds of youth prisons and jails have been shut down. #WorldBEYONDWar
Today, organizations across sectors are coming together to reject Canada’s commitment to profiteering from perpetual war in the guise of economic development. We reject the DSRB war bank. Not in Toronto, not in Canada, not on this planet. #WorldBEYONDWar
Today World BEYOND War was proud to bring together civil society organizations across sectors and across the country in denouncing the DSRB war bank and Canada’s plans to host and lead it. #WorldBEYONDWar